bacánach

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Irish

Etymology

From bacán (“hinge hook”) +‎ -ach (adjective suffix).

Adjective

bacánach (genitive singular masculine bacánaigh, genitive singular feminine bacánaí, plural bacánacha, not comparable)

  1. crooked, hinged

Declension

Declension of bacánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bacánach bhacánach bacánacha;
bhacánacha2
vocative bhacánaigh bacánacha
genitive bacánaí bacánacha bacánach
dative bacánach;
bhacánach1 		bhacánach;
bhacánaigh (archaic) 		bacánacha;
bhacánacha2
Comparative níos bacánaí
Superlative is bacánaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacánach
radical lenition eclipsis
bacánach bhacánach mbacánach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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